Friday Policy Wine Down - February 18, 2022
A snapshot of the past week in cyber, trade, and environmental policy news.
02/18/2022 | Silverado Policy Accelerator
Here’s what caught our eye this week:
KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
White House:
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:
- USTR releases 2021 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
- USTR releases Annual Report on China’s WTO Compliance
Department of Commerce:
- ICYMI: 20 Industry Associations Send Letter Urging Swift Action on Competition Bill
- Commerce Announces Competitive Grant Program to Promote U.S. Exports
Department of Defense:
Department of Justice
- Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks at Annual Munich Cyber Security Conference
- Justice Department Announces First Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
- Department of Justice Announces Initiative to Protect Americans from Collusive Schemes Amid Supply Chain Disruptions
Export-Import Bank of the United States:
Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency:
Department of Energy:
- DOE Announces $6 Million Investment to Train the Next Generation of Clean Energy Innovators
- DOE Establishes Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s $9.5 Billion Clean Hydrogen Initiatives
- DOE Launches $140 Million Program to Develop America’s First-of-a-Kind Critical Minerals Refinery
Department of State:
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
- Menendez, Shaheen, Portman Reaffirm Bipartisan Support for Ukraine, Lead New Resolution in Support of Democratic Partners
- Menendez, Risch on New U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis:
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology:
SILVERADO NEWS
- UPCOMING: Silverado Presents - 2022 Export Enforcement Priorities: A Fireside Chat with Assistant Secretary Matthew S. Axelrod
- CYBER: Silverado’s Co-founder and Chairman, Dmitri Alperovitch, participates in both the Munich Cybersecurity Conference and the Munich Security Conference
- STATECRAFT: Silverado Partners with NBC News for Russia-Ukraine Tabletop Exercise
- ECO²SEC: Silverado’s Co-founder and Chairman, Maureen Hinman, and Silverado’s Executive Director, Sarah Stewart, named policy advisors to the Climate Leadership Council’s Center for Climate and Trade
- ECO²SEC: Adina Renee Adler Joins Silverado Policy Accelerator as New Deputy Executive Director
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